Archive for the ‘Son du jour’ Category

Son du jour #45 – HEALTH

HEALTH are a folk rock band with a soul feel from the depths of Greensboro, North Carolina. They consist of Marc Bernstein, Eben Dennis, Jonathan Moore, Anna Murray, Mark Wingfield. They lay out heavy, funky, smooth beats!
They have several releases to date, including one self-titled full length, a split with good friends Crystal Castles, another split with art [...]

Son du jour #44 – The Soft Pack

The Soft Pack are an indie rock band which formed in San Diego, California, United States in 2008. They consist of Matt Lamkin (vocals, guitar), Matty McLoughlin (guitar), David Lantzman (bass) and Brian Hill (drums). They were originally known as The Muslims. And released one single and a 12” EP on 1928 Recordings under their previous [...]

Son du jour #43 – The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are an alternative dance band from Copenhagen, Denmark which formed in 2006. They consist of Mette Lindberg (vocals), Lars Iversen (bass, keyboards), Miloud Carl Sabri (trumpet), Sven Meinild (sax), Mads Brinch Nielsen (guitar, keyboards), Jesper Elnegaard (drums).
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are musicians on a mission. The band and their unique style [...]

Son du jour #42 – Revolver

Magnifié par une production épatante signée Julien Delfaud (Phoenix, Herman Dune), Music for a While vaut le coup pour au moins trois aspects : sa ribambelle de mélodies en cascade (le mini chef-d’oeuvre Balulalow ou A Song She Wrote, comme ressorti d’un vieux carton des seventies), le timbre de voix, sombre et limpide, qui évoque [...]

Son du jour #41 – Operator Please

Operator Please is a baroque pop band from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia that formed in early 2005 and their current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Amandah Wilkinson, drummer Tim Commandeur, keyboardist Chris Holland, bassist Ashley McConnell, and violinist Taylor Henderson. Original keyboardist Sarah Gardiner left in April of 2008.
They released their debut album, “Yes [...]

Son du jour #40 – Marina and the diamonds

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Son du jour #39 – Little Jinder

Little Josefine is a 20 year old Stockholmer and has been doing shows on her own in Stockholm, Helsinki, Berlin & New York but since travelling, living and beeing is awfully boring on your own a band was formed.
Now you’ll see Little Jinder as a group of three people: Josefine Jinder, David Lindh and Johan [...]

son du jour #38 – Miike Snow

Miike Snow are Andrew Wyatt, Christian Karlsson, and Pontus Winnberg. Named after Japanese film director Takeshi Miike, Miike Snow recently signed with Downtown records. Their self-titled debut was released May 12, 2009.
While you may not have recognize Karlsson and Winberg by their full names, you have surely heard their work as production duo Bloodshy & [...]

Son du jour #37 – Local Natives

Local Natives are almost too good to be true. Whether by default or design – and they would have to be pretty calculating to have planned it – they have qualities in common with three of the most highly acclaimed American bands of the last few years. They have the rhythmic lightness of Vampire Weekend, [...]

Son du jour #35 – Gang Gang Dance

Gang Gang Dance is a music group based in New York City, signed to the the Social Registry record label. Members were previously seen in Washington DC’s The Cranium, NYC’s Angel Blood, Actress, and Ssab Songs (with Harmony Korine). The group has become well known within the New York experimental/art scene for its distinctive sound [...]

Son du jour #35 – Parts & Labor

Parts & Labor is an American experimental rock/noise rock band signed to Jagjaguwar Records. The group was formed in 2002 by B.J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in Brooklyn, NY and has since toured with other bands such as Battles, TV on the Radio, Deerhoof, Voltage, Breaker! Breaker!, Tyondai Braxton, Coachwhips, Japanther, Pterodactyl, and Matt & [...]

Son du jour #34 – Discovery

Mélange réussi de Ra Ra Riot (Wes Miles) et de Vampire Weekend (Rostam Batmanglji) , Discovery est un joli projet qui n’est signé sur aucun label et qui a permis aux 2 compéres de délivrer 2 morceaux planants à souhait sur leur Myspace. On parie qu’on en reparle vite ?
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Son du jour #33 – Walter Meego

It’s 3 AM and you’re giggling with inebriation. You’re wearing painfully tight jeans. You just made out with a complete stranger on the dancefloor, and you haven’t sat down in over eight hours. Where are you? You are smack in the middle of Walter Meego’s world, and you have a knowing, gleeful smirk on your [...]

Son du jour #32 – Two door cinema club

Two Door Cinema Club are 3 people with the help of technology and a thirst for anything quirky. If you were to pose the question, “Where do Two Door Cinema Club live?” and someone was to answer, “Why, Bangor!” That someone would only be 66.67% correct because Two Door Cinema Club are a Bangor/Donaghadee based [...]

Son du jour #31 – Kap Bambino

Born in October 2001 -Bordeaux, France- as well as their own label WWILKO, KAP BAMBINO (Orion Bouvier and Caroline Martial) play an effective and energetic contemporary electronic music.
Based on incisive rhythms, intoxicating riffs and dyslexic lyrics, this music defies classification. Out of control, it is sometimes pop and melancholic, sometimes skinned-raw, but always aggressive. They [...]